old Amstrad CPC newspapers

The following links will allow you to download some old Amstrad CPC newspapers, links comes from a spanish forum (seen on CPC Wiki).

• Cpc Attack
• Amstrad Computer User 1 / 4
• Amstrad Computer User 2 / 4
• Amstrad Computer User 3 / 4
• Amstrad Computer User 4 / 4
• Amstrad Action 1 / 4
• Amstrad Action 2 / 4
• Amstrad Action 3 / 4
• Amstrad Action 3 / 4
• Amtix
• Computing With The Amstrad 1 / 3
• Computing With The Amstrad 2 / 3
• Computing With The Amstrad 3 / 3

And for french newspapers, you can find some on le site des anciennes revues informatiques.

Source : spanish CPC forum

Orion Prime translated in Spanish by CNGSOFT

Orion Prime has been translated in spanish. Yo necessito Orion Prime para jugar un bueno juego (bad spanish translation by myself, dont shoot me).

Source : CNGSOFT

Rick Dangerous 128plus v1.1 for CPC+

Rick Dangerous 128+ has been updated to v1.1 :

• cheking of drive B corrected
• keys for left handed (arrows and copy)
• fast start with paddle
• various small fixes

There is now a longplay video of Rick Dangerous 128plus on Youtube :

You can see a video of the first part of Rick Dangerous 128plus, second part of Rick Dangerous 128plus, third part of Rick Dangerous 128plus, last part of Rick Dangerous 128plus on Youtube.

Source : forum de CPCrulez

DSP v9 beta 3, an Amstrad CPC emulator

DSP v9 beta 3 is an Amstrad CPC emulator (programmed in Delphi, support to compile with Lazarus and Free Pascalhas begun), it supports Amstrad CPC since June 2009.

Source : Octoate

Amstrad CPC demos on CPC-Power

CPC-Power is the Amstrad program database made by (but not only) Kukulcan and Loïc Daneels. You will find there databases of games, archives (documents like the documentation of CPC), Gamebase CPC, ads, and lately they added an Amstrad CPC demos database. One future feature for this site is to add the demos to my own database, but I will have to find the time for this.

Happy new year 2010

I wish you all a happy new year 2010, good health, and long life to our Amstrad CPC.

a music remake of Boulder Dash

A new music remake by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan) of Boulder Dash on Youtube.

3D-Maze by Nigel Sharp in basic, ported to CCZ80 by Ervin Pajor

3D-Maze is a labyrinth program in Amstrad CPC basic by Nigel Sharp (Amstrad Computer User, October 1985). Ervin Pajor ported it to the windows Z80 compiler CCZ80 (by Emilio Guerrero).

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

Build your own AMX Compatible Mouse Adapter

You can now build for about 8 € your own AMX Compatible Mouse Adapter which let you use any PS2 or USB mouse using a USB to PS/2 adapter plug (no bluetooth USB mouses though), and use any AMX compatible Amstrad CPC software like advanced OCP art studio, FutureOS or SymbOS.

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

Stranded, a ZX spectrum arcade puzzle game by Bob Smith

Stranded is an arcade puzzle game for ZX Spectrum by Bob Smith. It has been ported to Amstrad CPC by Kevin Thacker. It could be first bought at Chronosoft with a real package (tape), but it can now be donwloaded.

New look for Phenix Informatique

Phenix Informatique got a lifting (french site only), go see it if you didnt check it lately.

XMAS 2009 intro by CMP/Impact

XMAS 2009 is an intro by CMP (code), DevilMarkus (graphism) et Hermol (music conversion).

Play video of Rick Dangerous if you are stucked on the 128+ version

If you are stucked on Rick Dangerous 128+, see below for 3 videos of someone playing the original version on Youtube :

You can see a video of the first part of Rick Dangerous, second part of Rick Dangerous and last part of Rick Dangerous on Youtube.

Gamebase CPC v12

GameBase CPC v12 is available.

Rick Dangerous is back for CPC+ !

Rick Dangerous 128+ is a new version enhanced by Fano, Macdeath and BDC Iron of Rick Dangerous (available 20 years ago in 1989). Some of the new features of this version is the use of the 4096 colors of the CPC+, new levels coming from the 16bit versions, DMA music, the use of the 2nd shoot button of the CPC+ joystick to jump...

Below a screenshot of the original version and of the 128+ version :

Source : CPCrulez's forum

Happy christmas 2009

I wish you all a happy christmas 2009 with nice gifts. There were less news these past weeks, because I am working behind the stage on new features, which I hope will be ready soon.

a batch of 25 Symbiface II is available

This weekend Dr.Zed brought Prodatron a batch of the SYMBiFACE II card (25 pieces) including cables with edge connectors. So you can order it again! At the moment Prodatron can't ship centronics connector cables, but he hopes to have them at the end of december from Dr.Zed. You can mail him at jmika [a t] prodatron [d o t] net.

Source : SymbOS mailing list

Dragon's Lair on Iphone in the future

Dragon's Lair will be available in the future on Iphone, no date released though.

Source : Jeuxvideo.com

CPCemu v1.7 for win32/linux by Marco Vieth

CPCemu for dos by Marco Vieth was the first Amstrad CPC emulator I used. It exists also for win32 and linux, and the last version now supports other keyboard than the qwerty one.

Source : CPCrulez's forum

WXCOMMANDER, a file manager for windows which read/write .DSK files

WXCOMMANDER (see CPC Loader) is a general purpose two-panel file manager for windows, but it can read/write .DSK files, others features :

• Create zip and iso files
• Upload files to the Internet using FTP
• Fast file handling using the keyboard
• Built-in viewers handling many file formats
• Advanced built-in text editor
• Create animated gifs
• Create shortcut menus for your USB flash drives
• Portable - a single exe file with no particular dependencies
• Convert mdb files to csv or dbf
• No installation required (self-extracting zip exe provided for convenience)
• No uninstallation required (just delete the folder)
• Free for non-professional home use

CPCGamesCD updated

CPCGamesCD is a live CD by MiguelSky with emulators and the NVG Amstrad game collection. It has been updated :

• Includes frontend, new CPC Loader 2.5 by Troels K.
• Includes NVG games update 10/18/2009
• Includes Snap-Pack by MiguelSky (3589 images)
• Added new version 6.2 of JavaCPC emulator
• Includes Linux version of CPCLoader 2.5 and emus update
• Includes Maps folder of NVG and support for that
• Includes Links to T.A.C.G.R.

Orion Prime available today as a download

Orion Prime is now available for download (french only at the moment), have fun.

You can see a video of the start of Orion Prime on Youtube.

GrafX v2.1 (bitmap editor)

An update of GrafX (v2.1) is available.

It's a bitmap paint program that allows to draw in more than 60 video resolutions (from 320x200, including most of the standard Amiga resolutions, provided your videocard knows how to handle them). It was written originally for DOS, but has been modified to use SDL and modern operating systems. Its layout is not very different from Deluxe Paint or Brilliance.

Source : CPCrulez's forum

Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's revenge on Iphone maybe

Chris Wild is talking with Mike Singleton about a LoM and DDR port to Iphone, that would be nice.

Source : LoM's mailing list

Forest, an Amstrad CPC picture by Marlene Johansen (LuBlu Entertainment)

Marlene Johansen, one of the 2 members of LuBlu Entertainment (authors of the Amstrad CPC game Sort'Em), has drawn a nice picture on Amstrad CPC (mode 1, 4 colors) that you can see below, you will also find 2 others Amstrad CPC pictures on her web site.

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

Remake of Sapiens by the original authors : Didier and Olivier Guillion

It has been ages since I last went on the web site of the 2 Guillion brothers, the authors of Sapiens. There is a newer (though not recent) version of their windows remake of this nice game, one of the few I finished on my Amstrad CPC. You should download this remake, for the music if only, but if you want to play it, dont forget the authors, it's a shareware for 10 € only.

remake of Lords of midnight and Doomdark's revenge on PC

LOMJAR is a java implementations of The Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's Revenge originally written by Mike Singleton. Other remakes can be downloaded :

• Icemark
• Midnight/MU (online multi-player)
• War of the solstice
• Midnight Flyer
• LoM and DDR for GameBoy Advance

the disk drive is dead, hail to the disk drive

Since the announce of the last french CPC meeting in May 209 organized by Eliot, I learned that he uses a disk drive replacement based on SD cards. But there are some others too, but one isnt finished atm, and for the 2 others, the most difficult part is to get one, unless you are good at making your own :

• Floppy Disk Emulator : SDiskEmul by Sundance,
• HxC Floppy Emulator, there is an USB version (CPC is connected to a PC) and a standalone sdcard version(which supports writing). The author may create a batch of these sdcards cards soon, more informations when I have some,
• TFE (Tolga Floppy Emulator).

In fact, there is a 4th one, made by RAM7 based on USB key, that he showed to the last meeting, but I have no more informations about it.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Alien 8 remake for MSX2

After the Knight Lore MSX2 remake, there is also one of Alien 8 (still for MSX2) by Manuel Pazos (Guillian) and Daniel Celemín (LordFred).

They are both now working on a remake of la Abadia del crimen. You can go on Retroworks to see some pictures.

You can see a video of this Alien 8 remake for MSX2 on Youtube.

Source : MSX Resource Center

Making Amstrad CPC music on CPC or PC

If you need to write some music for an Amstrad CPC program (either demo, game, etc...), you can do it either on an Amstrad CPC :

• STarKos v1.21 by Targhan,
• Digitracker v1.4 by Prodatron,
• Soundtrakker 128k by Oliver Mayer,

Or you can do it on a PC :

• WYZTracker for windows (needs .NET v2.0) by Augusto Ruiz, an .AY (Amstrad and Spectrum) music creation utility using a pattern-based editor, spanish interface only at the moment, short english manual inside
• Vortex Tracker II v1.0 beta 19, a Win32 PT3-editor, can load, play, edit PT1, PT2, PT3, STC, STP, SQT, ASC, PSC, PSM, FLS, GTR, FTC, FXM, AY (ZXAYAMAD) files and save them in PT3 format or in temporary text format. You can export modules into SNDH-format to play it on Atari ST, and into HOBETA (with player or without player), AY's ZXAYEMUL format, SCL or TAP to play it on Amstrad CPC ou ZX Spectrum, for more information go see Vortex tracker's website.

Also, it's possible without an emulator to listen to .YM, .AY and .AYM files with ZX Spectrum Computer Sound Chip Emulator (same address than above).

If you use other music tools, thanks to let me know so I can add informations here and in the comp.sys.amstrad.8bit FAQ).

CPC Wiki is moving to a faster server

CPC Wiki is moving to a faster server.

Recession maxidemo by NoRecess for Sony PSP

I am sad to say that NoRecess hasnt been always faithful to the Amstrad CPC, he has also made a demo in 2007 for the Sony PSP : Recession maxidemo.

CPC-Topsites is back

CPC-Topsites is back, you can vote again for Amstrad CPC sites.

Arnold by Kevin Thacker is back

Arnold by Kevin Thacker is back, watch for a coming release soon.

His popular website "Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource" is also available here.

Source : CPC Wiki's forum

Orion Prime available today

I am the happy owner of 2 Orion Prime (see below). Well 1 copy will be given there as soon as I find a proper contest.

As you can see the exterior of the box is really nice, and what you will find inside is as good as the exterior (very funny, but I wont say more). There is also an audio CD inside.

Orion prime did let me know that : 1) I have a dead CPC (thanks god, my MP-2F is still working), 2) I have a CPC with a bad video cable, 3) I have a CPC with keys which wont work anymore, 4) I have a working CPC, 5) I have a working CPC+ but with no 3,5" drive (which I already knew). Thanks Orion Prime :-) That said, I should have 1 or 2 more CPC somewhere else in my home, but I will do some archeology work later.

First experience with the game, graphics are nice (but we already knew that), the interface is simple and easy to use, the texts are loaded with a good sense of humor (any Heinlein lovers in Arkos and Les sucres en morceaux ?), and I know at least that I can open doors blocked with codes.

Orion Prime available tomorrow 16th September 2009

Dont forget that Orion Prime is out tomorrow 16th September 2009 (french only, but english, german and spanish will be available later). If you ordered Orion Prime, you will receive it soon. Otherwise you will only be able to download it as a .DSK file the 28th October 2009.

a music remake of Ramparts

After Elevator Action, it's the turn of Ramparts,  you will find a music remake of Ramparts on Youtube by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

a music remake of Elevator action

After Target Renegade, it's the turn of Elevator Action,  you will find a music remake of Elevator Action on Youtube byr Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

a music remake of Target Renegade

After Cauldron 2, it's the turn of Target Renegade,  you will find a music remake of Target Renega on Youtube by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

a music remake of Cauldron 2

Cauldron 2 is a classic, you will be able to find an interesting music remake of Cauldron 2 on Youtube by Ömer Aydin (Noisywan).

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

CPCrslib update, an Amstrad CPC library for Z88dk (C programming)

cpcrslib (Amstrad CPC library for Z88dk) has been updated.

Tile Map Areal. A virtual and a visible area are defined. Horizontal and Vertical invisible margins can be defined. With that trick it's possible to make the sprite clipping when disappearing from the screen. It's very usefull when scrolling too.

TileMapConf.asm: Two new constants defined: T_WH y T_HH. With them, the invisble margins are defined.

cpc_ShowTileMap2: Shows visible area instead of full virtual area. Usefull when scrolling.

cpc_PutSpTileMapO: New routine to make a sprite disappear from the screen when it leave the visible area.

cpc_ScrollLeft0,cpc_ScrollRight0: Tile Map Scrolling routines modified. cpc_ScrollLeft, cpc_ScrollRight: Decrapted.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Gamebase CPC moved on Phenix Informatique

GameBase CPC moved on Phenix Informatique.

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Wiituka v0.98.8, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii

Wiituka v0.98.8 is out, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii by D_Skywalk (though web site mentions 15th May 2009). It features :

• Bug fixes in libogc/grrlib with some TV sets
• Page can be changed with + and -
• Added option in XML to avoid connect to internet
• Added internal mp3 player, feels the 80s!
• In virtual keyboard now you can clean all binded keys using A+B
• Participates in Scenery beta 2009

Source : WII GX-Mod

Robotron 6128, Sewer Rat for Amstrad CPC, AMSprite for windows/linux/mac by Lachlan Keown

Lachlan Keown, who lives in New Zealand, just released its latest Amstrad CPC production : Robotron 6128, a conversion of the classic arcade game, if you use keyboard, WASD to move and cursor keys to shoot.

He is also the author of Sewer Rat, take the cheese before the aliens does (poor aliens, eating cheese is awful).

He has also written AMSprite for windows (using .Net framework v2.0) or AMSprite for linux/mac (using MONO), which is a cross-development GUI tool to generate ready-to-use sprites and loading screens for the Amstrad CPC in assembly language (CPC+ hardware sprites supported).

Source : CPC Wiki

Gamebase CPC v9

GameBase CPC v9 is available.

Alien 8 remake for windows/mac by Ignacio Pérez Gil.

Ignacio Pérez Gil. has released a remake of Alien 8 for windows/mac with a nice graphic touch.

2CDT and its GUI, a windows utility to create .CDT files (tape files)

2CDT by Kevin Thacker, a line command windows utility to add files into a .CDT file (image of a tape) with a GUI by DevilMarkus in java.

Source : Amstrad ESP forum

CPC Games Reviews update

CPC Game Reviews used to review only commercial games. Good news is now they will also review newly released games, so go read the last update.

I will myself report the games in the following news later (and add them to the amstrad database).

Betiled!, an Amstrad CPC reflexion game by Computer Emuzone Games Studio

Betiled! by Computer Emuzone Games Studio is an Amstrad CPC reflexion game, a clone of the famous game Bejeweled. The time is limited to remove tiles on the board by swapping 2 of them.

Sort'em, an Amstrad CPC game by LuBlu Entertainment

Sort'Em by LuBlu Entertainment is an Amstrad CPC game programmed with Z88dk and cpcrslib. You must sort blue and red balls which falls down the screen, putting them to the left or the right according to the color just with the space bar, simple to play, but not so easy with the 3 levels of difficulty. It was first seen on portable phones.

CPC Oxygen issue 14, and more...

Issue 14 of the online magazine for Amstrad CPC, PCW, NC and PC CPC Oxygen is out since January 2009. You will also be able to browse all 117 issues of the U.K. Amstrad CPC newspaper Amstrad Action.

There is a 2nd CPC Oxygen web site being build, that should be available soon according to the schedule, no informations given about its content though.

15 GX4000 cartridges covers on CPCMania

CPCMania has 15 new GX4000 cartridges covers (23 in total, manuals also).

PSPCAP32 v1.5.1 an Amstrad CPC emulator for PSP

The Amstrad CPC emulator PSPCAP32 has been updated with the support of an atari joystick (used by Amstrad CPC).

Roland emulator

Roland is an Amstrad CPC emulator for windows and linux (sources available).

Source : Octoate

Archon classic v1.5 update for Iphone

Archon classic the remake for Iphone of Archon, has been updated, featuring a new board layout, characters can level up and gain new abilities, new particles effects for weapons and characters, smarter AI, visual bugs fixed. Multiplayer isnt still available.

The game costs 2,39 € but there is also a free lite version if you want to try the game (with limited features as 6 characters instead of 18 for example).

You can see a video of Archon classic on Youtube.

Mega-Mad-Mix Demo CPC Version and Amstrad CPC Musics Ultimate Compilation by Megachur

Megachur just released 2 music disks : Mega-Mad-Mix Demo CPC Version and Amstrad CPC Musics Ultimate Compilation. Beware, if you are using WinAPE, you must desactivate the "Fast Disk Emulation" option. Sources of these 2 music disks are available.

Source : CPCscene

Sorcery + for windows

Antibug has ported Sorcery+ for windows with the original graphics. For the moment it's a very nice playable beta. The first level where you have to rescue several sorcerers isnt totally completed, lacking the end screen for example, and the second level where you have to kill the evil sorcerer isnt available yet.

On Antibug's main page (french) you will find his own tools for Amstrad CPC developpement.

ESP Soft blog about programmation on Amstrad CPC

ESP Soft's blog is open since the 14th July 2009. It's mostly about programmation for Amstrad CPC, how to use the CCZ80 compiler by Emilio Guerrero, with code source of the Xilen war game.

google translation of the ESP Soft blog

Source : CPC Rulez's forum

Amstrad CPC programmation in C language

For those who would be interested in programming applications for Amstrad CPC in C language, you have at least 3 possibilities :

• Z88dk v1.9 with cpcrslib (Amstrad CPC library for Z88dk) : several programs including an Amstrad CPC+ demo (Phat) have been programmed with Z88dk already
• Small Device C Compiler v2.9.0 : Contiki and the pheelone demo has been compiled with SDCC, any other program that someone would know ?
• CCZ80 v2.07 by Emilio Guerrero. This compiler can be used for developping Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and MSX programs on windows (command line application, with a GUI included). Gommy, Defensor Medieval a ZX Spectrum game has been programmed with CCZ80. There are 2 Amstrad CPC librairies usable for CCZ80 : cpcrslib (adapted from cpcrslib for Z88dk) and sprutilcpc ( included with CCZ80), but no Amstrad CPC program seems to have been programmed yet with CCZ80. If you have, let me know please.

CPC Wiki has moved

CPC Wiki has moved, dont forget to change your bookmark. Beware, you cant edit the wiki at the moment.

Source : Octoate

From Scratch, an Amstrad CPC demo by Vanity

From Scratch is a french Amstrad CPC demo by the Vanity demo group (Hicks and Beb) with sound by Tom & Jerry, a 6 mn multipart demo needing a CRTC 1 to run due to hardware tricks, also disable "Plus PPI emulation" if used with the WinAPE emulator (Go Settings then General).

Though you can see a video of From Scratch on Youtube, it will be better to use a real Amstrad CPC or an emulator.

Old news, still good news

Following news arent exactly new (2007 and 2008 when I wasnt very active). I am still doing them for those who wouldnt know it, and to add the files on the site. It's also a prelude for new features on this site.

Sappy, an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Semilanceata (January 2007)

Sappy is a french Amstrad CPC+ demo by the Semilanceata group, released in January 2007.

You can see a video of Sappy on Google Video.

Allergy, an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Semilanceata (May 2007)

Allergy is a french Amstrad CPC+ demo by Semilanceata.

You can see a video of Allergy on Youtube, but it's better to use a real Amstrad CPC or an emulator.

Synergy2, an Amstrad CPC demo by CMP / Impact (May 2008)

Synergy is a french Amstrad CPC demo by CMP / Impact. Type RUN"synergy2.koh for a cheat part

The video of Synergy 2 on Youtube has audio/video synchronization problems FYI.

Synergy, an Amstrad CPC demo by AsT / Impact (May 2007)

Synergy is a french Amstrad CPC+ demo by AsT / Impact (code), AsT and Iron (graphics), Scavenger (music).

Though you can see a video of Synergy on Youtube, it will be better to use a real Amstrad CPC or an emulator.

Larsen, an Amstrad CPC+ demo (December 2007)

Larsen is an Amstrad CPC+ demo by OFE released in December 2007.

ASM Intro 1, an Amstrad CPC+ demo (May 2008)

ASM Intro 1 is an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Roudoudou/Flower Corp. released in May 2008, the final version of a demo he made earlier of a mask with a phong effect.

CPC Meuuuhting 2008, an Amstrad CPC+ demo (April 2008)

CPC Meuuuhting 2008 is an Amstrad CPC+ demo made for the meeting which took place at Coutances (France) during the 11-13th April 2008 :

• Iron's part : gfx by Iron, music by Sice
• Plissken' part : code by Plissken, gfx by Ced, music by Pulkomandy
• Grim's part : gfx by Grim, music by Napo
• Kris's part : gfx by Kris, music by Napo
• Supersly's part : code by Targhan, gfx by Supersly, music by Targhan

Boules et Bits, an Amstrad CPC demo by Vanity (September 2006)

Boules et bits is a demo by Vanity (Hicks and Beb) released in September 2006 for Amstrad CPC, sound by Tom & Jerry. It's a nice demo featuring 42 bouncing balls.

It's an answer to Maurice aime les bobs by Megachur and Super Sylvestre which featured 26 balls in June 2006

Maurice aime les bobs was itself an answer to Garcimor aime les balls by Ramlaid (Arkos - Mortel) which featured 20 balls in September 2004.

Phat 2, an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Norecess (September 2008)

Phat 2 is a demo by Norecess released in September 2008 for Amstrad CPC+, coded this time in Z80 assembler.

Phat, an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Norecess (July 2008)

Phat is a demo by Norecess released in July 2008 for Amstrad CPC+, coded in C with the Z88dk C compiler.

Though you can see a video of Phat on Youtube, it will be better to use a real Amstrad CPC or an emulator.

X-mas 2008, an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Impact (December 2008)

X-mas 2008 is an Amstrad CPC+ demo released in December 2008 by Impact.

Hate Beats, an Amstrad CPC+ demo by Ukonx (October 2007)

Hate Beats is a demo released in October 2007 for Amstrad CPC+ by Ukonx, code by Power, code divers by Deemphasis, original graphics by Unison/Ozane, modified graphics by Grim (Semilanceata) and music by Deemphasis.

Ukonx is a french demo group, created in 1992, programming first on Amiga then on PC.

You can see a video of Hate Beats on Youtube.

Arome Tomate, an Amstrad CPC demo

Arome Tomate is a new Amstrad CPC demo by Overlanders : Candy (code), Beb (logo), Barjack (font) et Tom & Jerry (music).

Source : CPCscene

Cosmic Prison Commando demo v1.1 pour windows

A demo of Cosmic Prison Commando is available. It's a windows game with an amazing Amstrad CPC look. If this demo v1.1 doesnt work for you, get the previous one.

Source : CPC Wiki

Sudoku Master is out

Sudoku Master by Eliot (code), Cédric Quetier (graphisme) and William Bourgeois (sound) has been released on schedule as a download, but you can also order a box for 6 € and postage cost.

Orion prime out on 16th September 2009

After the teaser, here comes the announce of the availability of the graphic adventure game Orion Prime on the 16th September 2009. It will be only available in french at this date, but later will be also available in english, german and spanish. You will be able to order in a box with a 3 or 3,5 inch disk.

Also dont forget that Sudoku Master by Eliot should be out today.

Pheelone, a new Amstrad CPC demo

Pheelone is a new Amstrad CPC demo by Norecess (code), Ced (graphisme) and Targhan (sound). This demo needs 128 Kb memory, and has been programmed with Small Device C Compiler v2.9.0.

You can see a video of Pheelone on Youtube.

Source : CPCscene

Gamebase CPC v8

GameBase CPC v8 is available.

SDCC - Small Device C Compiler v2.9.0

Small Device C Compiler v2.9.0 is out (since 22th march 2009), it's a freeware, retargettable, optimizing ANSI - C compiler that targets the Intel 8051, Maxim 80DS390 and the Zilog Z80 based processors. Contiki (a small but modern operating system) for Amstrad CPC was compiled with SDCC. BTW, last version of contiki (v2.3.0) is out since the 27th june 2009.

Sudoku Master, an Amstrad CPC reflexion game

Sudoku Master by Eliot is going out on 25th July 2009. It's possible to order a box for 6 € and postage cost.

And if you have some intelligence left, as you will visit Binary Sciences site, you will download the excellent reflexion game Groops.

E-Motion deluxe for windows, an E-motion remake

E-Motion deluxe is a remake for windows of E-motion.

Rick Dangerous for Iphone

Rick Dangerous is a remake for Iphone of Rick Dangerous, it has been developped by Nicolas Hamel. The game cost 1,59 €.

You can see a video of this Rick Dangerous remake on Youtube.

Archon classic by React Software for Iphone

Archon is a remake for Iphone of Archon 1, it has been developped by React Games. The game cost 2,39 €, an update to v1.2 is coming soon, and they even plan on multiplayer !

You can see a video of this Archon remake on Youtube.

Power Toppler (Nebulus) for Iphone

Power Toppler is a remake for Iphone of Nebulus with 2 missions of 8 towers, it has been developped by Silver Software. The game cost 1,59 €

You can see a video of this Nebulus remake on Youtube.

Kangaroo Musique on Jamendo

I was just browsing on Jamendo when I did a research on the Amstrad keyword, and found the page of Kangaroo Musique, a well known musician on Amstrad scene. If you are fond of Amstrad CPC games music, hit the jamendo widget below (shockwave needed), but try his other albums too.

And if you are german or if your german isnt too rusty (mine is quite rusty), you can read Kangaroo blog.

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This album on jamendo.com

Tower Toppler v1.1.3 for windows, a Nebulus remake

There is a new version of Tower Toppler since I wrote about this remake of Nebulus, with one more mission of several towers (tower toppler v1.1.3).

CPC-Live

CPC-Live let you play Amstrad CPC games online without needing to install an emulator on your computer with JavaCPC.

a tribute to the sisters

A tribute of the sisters (click on download) is a work in progress of a great giana sisters clone for FutureOS (an alternate operating system for Amstrad CPC). It's written by TFM, sound by Kangaroo Musique and graphism by Tolkin.

You can test a tribute to the sisters on CPC-Live.

STarKos 1.21 (update), an Amstrad CPC soundtracker

STarKos 1.21 is available after an annoying bug was found by Tom & Jerry.

You can find a video of STarKos in action on Youtube.

Quasar Net

From paper area to numeric Quasar is back ! Quasar the french fanzine is now available as a wiki.

Source : CPCscene

Retro Still Alive

I found Retro Still Alive on GameBase CPC, you will find 47 reviews of Amstrad games there (french only though).

Gamebase CPC

GameBase is an Open Source "Emulator Frontend", released under the GNU General Public Licence. It is a program that attempts to make running games on various emulators very easy, so that you don't have to remember lots of command line parameters and config settings. GameBase is the Official Frontend for the GB64 Collection of C64 games. It manages games, music, docs, screenshots and more

There is of course a GameBase CPC maintained by Loïc Daneels. He is adding .YM music, screenshots, scans of package and documentation.

Institut national de l'Audiovisuel

The web site of Institut national de l'Audiovisuel (its goal is to keep archives of french television and radio) got a lifting. They also now have 200.000 televsion ads from 1968 to today. I invite you to go see ads about Amstrad products.

old french Amstrad newpapers

You will find on le site des anciennes revues informatiques old french computer newspapers (including Amstrad CPC).

Elite IV soon on (C)PC, PS3 and Xbox360 !

After some announces in 2006 and 2007, this time it's for real, the PS3 information site thesixthaxis has confirmed that David Braben officially announced Elite IV for PC, PS3 and Xbox360, but sadly not for CPC. No date is given though.

GrafX v2 final version (graphical bitmap editor)

PulkoMandy has released GrafX v2 final.

It's a bitmap paint program that allows to draw in more than 60 video resolutions (from 320x200, including most of the standard Amiga resolutions, provided your videocard knows how to handle them). It was written originally for DOS, but has been modified to use SDL and modern operating systems.

Its layout is not very different from Deluxe Paint or Brilliance, so it will be quite easy to handle it if you know at least one of these programs.

Source : CPCscene

Amstrad CPC cross-development kit

If you are still programming on Amstrad CPC, you are maybe using WinAPE. But its assembler has limitations. For example, if you want to create a .DSK, a .SNA, compile something, compact something BEFORE or AFTER assembling, it's not possible in 1 pass and 1 key press. But it's now possible with some additional software (freeware).

For more informations go to The Grimaware's Tavern, and for the direct link in (english, check end of page for the update) about the Amstrad CPC cross-development kit, it's there.

Super Bruce Lee

Super Bruce Lee by Tony Rocket is another remake of Bruce Lee.

You can see Super Bruce Lee on Youtube.

Boulder Dash on Iphone and Itouch

For the 25th anniversary of Boulder dash 1, First Star Software has released Boulder Dash vol. 1, a remake on Iphone and Itouch with updated graphics or the old school graphics.

The game costs 3,99€ for the 80 original levels plus 4 bonus levels, check Boulder Dash vol. 1 on Youtube.

Ultimate Bruce Lee

Ultimate Bruce Lee is a nice looking PC remake of Bruce Lee.

You can see a speed run of Ultimate Bruce Lee on Youtube.

Color Lines toolkit

Color Lines is a G.P.A. reflexion game yet to be released. But you can download its toolkit to add your own graphic skin to the future release.

Wikipedia, World of Spectrum and Dailymotion coming to the Amstrad games database

Moving from a html table to CSS for the Amstrad games database, I also added links to Wikipedia, World of Spectrum and Dailymotion for even more videos of games. Try Bruce Lee for example :

Bruce Lee

Click here to browse the database.

Layout of the page is still quite ugly (less than before I hope), as I type all the html + css code directly with an editor(pspad), and I am still learning CSS. If you think you can help me getting more sexier pages, hit Contact on the menu to email me.

Ultrasy music pack 1

Ultrasyd music pack 1 has been released by Ultrasyd, it's a music pack with four original STarKos tracks.

Source : CPCscene

Amstrad Expo and Klassentreffen 2009 pictures

You will find pictures of the 2 meetings Amstrad Expo and Klassentreffen 2009 on CPCscene.

Killmax, an Amstrad CPC demo by OFE

Killmax by OFE is the winning demo of the Amstrad expo 2009 meeting. The sense of humor of OFE is awful, that's why you will like the demo.

You can see a video of Killmax on Youtube (beware for a better sound run the .DSK in WinApe with a 44 Khz setting or on a real Amstrad CPC).

Source : CPCscene

Knight Lore remake

There is a nice remake of Knight Lore for MSX2 created by Manuel Pazos (Guillian) and Daniel Celemín (LordFred). This remake features :

• Different palettes for day and night
• In game map that shows the player location, visited rooms and objects location
• Improved music (adding some reverb)
• Torch animation (can be disabled by pressing ESC while booting the game)
• Bug fixing of the original game
• Intro scroll showing the 'Mist tunes'
• On turbo R, the R800 is enabled to prevent slowdowns

Go on the RetroWorks website to get this remake and more :

• The game ROM (48K)
• A full game map using screenshots of this new version
• A user manual in PDF format
• Packing designs (cartridge label and box)

You can see a video of this Knight Lore remake on Youtube.

Source : MSX Resource Center

PcW16ers - Reloaded -

I just added a new PCW link : PcW16ers - Reloaded - which is of course about the PcW16.

Joyce v2.2.1, an Amstrad PCW emulator for Unix and Windows

Last version of Joyce (v2.2.1) by John Elliott is still fresh (January 2009), it emulates an Amstrad PCW (including the PCW16) for Unix and Windows.

CPCDiskXP v2.0, a .DSK file manager

A new version of CPCDiskXP is available on CPC Mania. It's a .DSK file manager for windows XP, version 2.0 is from January 2009.

Mercenary (Novagen Software) remake

An update to a 2004 news, The Mercenary site is about the Mercenary games by Novagen Software and its remake MDDClone. This remake exists in several languages, last version is from January 2007. Only Mercenary 1 exists for the Amstrad CPC, the next versions were for Atari ST and Amiga.

STarKos 1.2, an Amstrad CPC soundchip tracker

STarKos 1.2 is out. It's a conventional soundchip tracker, in the sense that writing music is done the same way as existing trackers on CPC or Atari ST. The new features mainly comes from sound editing.

You can find a video of STarKos in action on Youtube.

Amstrad CPC on Youtube

I just added a new feature for the Amstrad CPC games database, you can now see video game footage from Youtube on each game page, see for yourself just below (javascript needed) :

Batman the movie

Or just browse the database for more game memories.

Amstrad CPC is 25 years old in 2009

For the 25 years of the Amstrad CPC in 2009, Amstradeus (bilingual site, choose language at upper left of the page) is organizing a graphic contest till the 30th May 2009. You must send an image about the quarter of century of the Amstrad CPC in JPG or PNG to win a CPC 464 firmware book (in english).

Source : Amstradeus

Cpctro, a Amstrad CPC demo by ZeroTeam

ZeroTeam is a ZX Spectrum demo group. Though they just released an Amstrad CPC demo : cpctro.

Source : CPCscene

The Real Sir Alan

The Real Sir Alan is a 60 minute show by Fiona bruce shown on BBC Two (11th January 2009) and BBC One (24th January 2009). It cant be seen anymore with the BBC iPlayer, but it seems to be on Youtube :

• The Real Sir Alan part 1
• The Real Sir Alan part 2
• The Real Sir Alan part 3
• The Real Sir Alan part 4
• The Real Sir Alan part 5
• The Real Sir Alan part 6

Also for the 5th year in a row, The apprentice show with Alan Michael Sugar is on the waves.

And for the end, if you still dont have read Alan Michael Sugar biography, I recommend it personally, I did read it and liked it.

Source : Phenix Informatique

Wiituka, an Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii

Wiituka is a brand new Amstrad CPC emulator for the Nintendo Wii by D_Skywalk. It features :

• a comfortable interface that tries to look like Virtual Console
• online support for downloading games
• CPC Gunstick Emulation

Next version will feature :

• Redefine WiiMote Keys
• Game List with Screenshots
• Snapshot (and tape?) Support
• Roms details, votes and much more!

Source : Phenix Informatique

Stelladaptator 2600 to USB interface

Seen on the comp.sys.amstrad.8bit newsgroup : the Stelladaptator allows the use of standard Atari 2600-compatible controllers, including joysticks (like the one used on Amstrad CPC), paddles, and driving controllers, with modern computers running Windows, Macintosh, or Linux operating systems. Any Atari 2600-compatible joystick, when plugged into your computer through the Stelladaptor will behave as a normal joystick. This allows the use of classic Atari controllers with any software that will work with an 8-direction digital joystick controller (left, right, up, down, and diagonals).

CPCGamesCD updated

CPCGamesCD is a live CD by MiguelSky with emulators and the NVG Amstrad game collection. It has been updated :

• Includes frontend, new CPC Loader 2.4 by Troels K.
• Includes NVG games update 11.04.2009
• Includes Snap-Pack by MiguelSky (3576 images)
• Added new version 6.2 of JavaCPC emulator
• Includes Linux version of CPCLoader 2.4 and emus update
• Includes Maps folder of NVG and support for that
• Includes Links to T.A.C.G.R.

A golden gun on Ebay

217 Euros for a Super Pack Gun Stick (Ubi Soft) on Ebay. I hope the buyer will enjoy what he bought.

Orion Prime's teaser

Arkos and Les Sucres En Morceaux are working since several years on an adventure game called Orion Prime. Its developpment is coming to an end, so to let you wait a little bit more, you will be able to find a teaser on the game web page.

Amstrad expo 2009 meeting

The Amstrad expo 2009 meeting will take place from the 29th to the 31th May 2009 at the Espace Jeunes (F.J.T) in Coutances (50 - Normandie - France).

There will be 4 contests :

• Demo : 3D theme
• Demo : free theme
• Games : free theme
• Graphic : free theme

Cost for meeting, sleeping and eating :

• Inscription given before 20th may 2009 : 8 Euros
• Inscription after 20th may 2009 and directly on site : 10 Euros

Contact : eliot (at) cpcscene.com

a RSS flux to let you know when there is some news

As news doesnt appear as often as before, you now have a RSS flux to be informed when the site is updated.

2 Amstrad CPC meetings at once in Germany and France

Two meeting will take place at the same time from the 29th to the 31th May 2009 :

• CPC Klassentreffen 2009 in Germany (Erlangen),
• Kartoffeln meeting in France (Coutances).

Happy Christmas 2008 and happy new year 2009 !

It's never too late, well I hope.